Saw, a saw blade, a connection mechanism and associated methods
AssigneeDePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
InventorsAzagen Mootien, Daniel Herzog
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a saw, comprising a drive, a first blade configured to oscillate about an axis perpendicular to a plane defined by a surface of the first blade, a second blade configured to oscillate about an axis perpendicular to the plane in a direction opposite to that of the first blade, and wherein gearing is provided between the drive and the first and second blades to reduce the speed transmitted from the drive to the blades. A saw blade, a connection mechanism for connecting a blade to a saw and associated methods are also provided.
Claims18
A method of removing at least one saw blade from a saw, the method comprising, for each saw blade of the at least one saw blade, steps of:
- moving a resiliently biased latch of the saw blade from a first position to a second position, wherein in the first position the resiliently biased latch engages a latching surface of a mounting member of the saw in a longitudinal direction that extends from a proximal end of the saw blade to a distal end of the saw blade so as to create an interference in the longitudinal direction that interferes with removal of the saw blade along the longitudinal direction, and in the second position the resiliently biased latch no longer engages the mounting member;
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- removing the saw blade and the mounting member from one another along the longitudinal direction,
- wherein the saw blade has a width along a lateral direction, perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a thickness along a transverse direction, perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and lateral direction, the thickness being less than the width, and the moving step comprises moving the resiliently biased latch along the transverse direction from the first position to the second position.
A method of removing at least one saw blade from a saw, the method comprising, for each saw blade of the at least one saw blade, steps of:
- moving a resiliently biased latch of the saw blade from a first position to a second position, wherein in the first position the resiliently biased latch engages a mounting member of the saw so as to create an interference that interferes with removal of the saw blade along a longitudinal direction that extends from a proximal end of the saw blade to a distal end of the saw blade, and in the second position the resiliently biased latch no longer engages the mounting member;
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- removing the saw blade and the mounting member from one another along the longitudinal direction, wherein:
- the moving step comprises releasing the resiliently biased latch from the first position, where the resiliently biased latch extends from a surface of the saw blade that faces a receiving surface of the mounting member and into an aperture defined by the mounting member, to the second position, where the resiliently biased latch is removed from the aperture;
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- the moving step comprises accessing the resiliently biased latch in the aperture through an opening in the mounting member that is opposite the receiving surface of the mounting member.
A method of removing at least one saw blade from a saw, the method comprising, for each saw blade of the at least one saw blade, steps of:
- moving a resiliently biased latch of the saw blade from a first position to a second position, wherein in the first position, the resiliently biased latch (i) extends from a surface of the saw blade that faces a receiving surface of a mounting member, (ii) extends into an aperture defined by the mounting member, and (iii) engages a mounting member of the saw so as to create an interference that interferes with removal of the saw blade along a longitudinal direction that extends from a proximal end of the saw blade to a distal end of the saw blade, and in the second position, the resiliently biased latch no longer engages the mounting member;
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- removing the saw blade and the mounting member from one another along the longitudinal direction after moving the resiliently biased latch from the aperture,
- wherein the aperture extends into the receiving surface of the mounting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.